transport glider

Dad spent 1943 at Sherburn-in-Elemet photographing top secret trials of gliders for major landings such as Operation Varsity on this day March 24 1945. The secret trials were not so much about the gliders but how they handled carrying troops, panniers , field guns and even tanks (in...

In this era of access denial and long range fires, it appears that air and amphib assault is harder than ever. Given sufficient resource advantages such attacks is still possible, but what is the best way to do it? Old Ways: Turboprop/Jet transport with parachutes Helicopters Near Future...

Greetings All - One more from the National Soaring Museum to share - the Allied XLRA-1. The basic design came from the Bureau of Aeronautics and was then built, with local modifications, by Allied and Bristol. The nearly identical design by Bristol called the XLRQ-1 interestingly had a...

Suppose that operational helicopters were delayed several years beyond the original time line. Airborne operations are still limited to parachutes and assault gliders. What direction would assault gliders develop? Would they be limited to delivering small squads (say 10 men) to capture...

RMI Aircraft Designations RMI stood for Repülo Muszaki Intézet or Aviation Technical Institute. Aircraft were primarily (but not exclusively) designed for RMI by László Varga. As a result, RMI designs are often given the Varga name (in some cases, even when he was not a major designer)...

During WW II the idea of the transport glider was "en vogue", so several countries developed and built such types. One of them was Sweden. The AB Flygindustri of Halmstad designed a glider with the designation Fi 3 of wooden construction, intended for 11 troops plus pilot. Much better known...